| When you approach the fascinating hobby
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| | Collectors of ancient coins are a "breed
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| of coin collecting for the first time, it
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| | apart". It is surprising how many of
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| can be very daunting to look at the many
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| | these coins remain available today and
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| possible options available to you. There
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| | how relatively easily obtained they are.
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| are many specialist areas in which you
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| | Even going back to several centuries
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| can invest your time and money, or of
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| | before the birth of Christ, coins are
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| course you can always remain as a general
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| | readily available that fall easily within
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| coin collector, never deciding to
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| | the average collector's budget. Gold
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| specialize.
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| | coins are the most expensive, followed by
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| Often the best way to start collecting
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| | silver and then bronze. It is possible
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| coins is just to start with the coins in
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| | to obtain a coin from before the birth of
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| circulation in your own country. This is
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| | Christ for only £5 ($10) to £10 ($20).
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| a risk free option, as you can always
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| | Another breed apart are the collectors of
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| decide to sell the coins if you decide
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| | tokens. In Great Britain, for example,
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| the hobby is not for you. While you are
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| | tokens were often privately produced in
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| doing this, you can obtain a good
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| | response to the Government's failure to
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| reference book on the hobby and begin to
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| | produce the necessary low-denomination
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| think of a specialist area you might want
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| | currency to allow many forms of trade to
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| to pursue.
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| | take place. These privately produced
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| You could, of course, decide to
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| | tokens were used in place of official
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| specialize in the coins of one particular
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| | government issue coinage and the
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| country. This is a very common way for
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| | Government was largely unsuccessful in
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| collectors to start. Others go to the
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| | preventing their use. This happened in
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| opposite extreme and try to collect coins
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| | three different centuries, in the middle
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| from as many different countries as
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| | of the seventeenth century, towards the
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| possible. Many collectors will only
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| | end of the eighteenth century and at the
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| collect coins from a certain period in
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| | start of the nineteenth century.
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| history, such as collectors of ancient
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| | Even after government legislation was
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| coins.
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| | passed outlawing these unofficial tokens,
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| There are many different types of
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| | their use still continued. They were
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| specialization available within each of
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| | used in place of the farthing, the
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| these broad categories. Many collectors
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| | quarter of a penny coin, until the end of
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| are series collectors. They will try to
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| | the nineteenth century. After this, when
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| obtain one example of every possible date
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| | inflation had eliminated the need for
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| and mint mark that was produced,
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| | these tokens, other forms of artificial
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| including any major differences in the
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| | money were still used.
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| design of the coin.
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| | It can be a fascinating part of the hobby
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| Type collectors go beyond this, by
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| | just deciding which among the many
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| collecting many different series, even
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| | options you are going to choose. Please
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| trying to obtain all possible series
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| | make sure that you avail yourself of an
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| within a certain type. They will usually
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| | excellent reference book so you can make
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| concentrate on the coins of one country,
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| | an informed choice. I wish you many
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| at least at that particular time.
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| | happy hours.
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